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tation, I dug from them, October 8th, ninety-two and a half 

 pounds of good size potatoes, some of them unusually large. 

 East Sandwich, Oct. 25, 1848. 



Cranberries. 



For the best experiment in the cultivation of the cranberry, 

 on not less than one quarter of an acre, there was awarded 



To Edward Thacher, of Yarmouth, first premium, . ^5 00 



For the best experiment on not less than two rods, 

 To Walter Crocker, of Barnstable, . . . 1 00 



To Leonard Lumbard, of do., for specimens of cran- 

 berries. . . . . . . 1 00 



Edward TJiacher^ s Statement. 



The cranberries I enter for premium were raised by me on 

 one quarter of an acre of swamp land, covered with sand about 

 four inches, at an expense of about twenty dollars for sanding, 

 setting and hoeing. The vines were set last year, from selected 

 fruit. I have picked one bushel and a quarter of fine cranber- 

 ries, from the same lot this year. 



Yarmouth, Oct. 25, 1848. 



Waller Crocker s Statement. 



The two rods of cranberry swamp, on which I claim a 

 premium, has been reclaimed from an almost barren state, to its 

 present productiveness, by means of thorough draining in sum- 

 mer, and flowing the same in winter. 



The produce of the above two rods of land, the present sea- 

 son, was two and a half bushels of cranberries. 



Barnstable, Oct. 25, 1848. 

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